Download SevenVG Black Theme with Normal Taskbar for Windows XP

UPDATE: New version available - SevenVG Black RTM Theme with Normal Taskbar

This theme is a normal taskbar version of "SevenVG Black" theme for Windows XP. So if you are not a superbar fan, you will definitely love this theme.

Download SevenVG Black Theme with Normal Taskbar

Alternative Link

Transform Windows XP into 7

This theme contains 2 sub-styles:

Aero32 (for 32x icon size)
Aero48 (for 48x icon size)

HOW TO USE:

1. Download the file and extract its content. You'll get a folder "SevenVG Black Theme with Normal Taskbar for Windows XP by Vishal Gupta".

2. In this folder, you'll get 5 more folders:

Extra Common Tasks (This folder contains 2 extra shell styles: Bottom and Left dark blue)
Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Run Fonts.exe file to install them.)
Iconized Taskbar Hack (This folder contains registry script to enable Iconized taskbar in Windows XP.)
Styler Toolbar (This folder contains Styler setup and SevenVG styler toolbar skin. It'll provide Windows 7 look-a-like toolbar and commandbar in Explorer.)
Theme (This folder contains the main theme. Run Theme.exe file to install it.)

3. Apply the theme using Desktop Properties and you have done.

4. Also make sure you have patched the "uxtheme.dll" file to allow 3rd party visual styles, if its not patched, then download and run the UXtheme Patcher from here:

For XP SP3 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher
For XP SP2 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher

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38 Comments

Alessandra

Hey great theme VG! I saw the preview and I downloaded it, however, when I went to start extracting it, it said that the "Shellstyle.dll is password protected and just now I tried to extract it again and I got another one that is password protected it said "Why don't you read me first!!!" Is there something wrong or is that how you released it to be with a bunch of passwords?
Alessandra

Hey VG! I found away to extract all the files, I used IZArc this time instead of XP's zip thing. When the file finished extracting, it said 5 errors. But the theme works fine, I just don't understand the errors though it's pretty weird. But I'm happy that there was no password thing when I used IZArc to extract the files so that I can install it on my laptop. Once again Great Theme. I have one request though, when you make a blue Windows7 theme again can you make the bottom common tasks blue like you did for the left side common tasks? I'm sorry for asking it's just that I like that color alot.
tak

It look nice Thank you
kk

good work VG

but now in windows 7 you change your theme to other colors like blue,pink,orange etc.

i want them its possible in few colors
Alessandra

Is it possible for you to make one red Windows 7 theme (with a normal taskbar like this theme you made) and one red Vista theme for Windows XP? I can't find any good red ones out there for XP the least that I have found is in pink and then one user made it in pink, gold, green and silver, plus I also found one in yellow, is it possible to make one in red? I only ask since I would like to use it with a nice wallpaper that I have
kkkk

Somone help please ! i've gt the theme but my task bar only change to a noraml grey taskbar how can i transform to the black taksbar with round window start button???
VG

^^ Have you run UXtheme patcher?
kkkkk

VG Thnx for yr reply. No i hvae not run the UXtheme pactcher. There are XP SP3 & XP SP2, which one should i down load? Please help!
VG

^^ Check whether you have SP2 or SP3 installed? You can check it from System Properties.
ian

is there Basic32 for this skin?
because I prefer Basic than Aero ):